Prime Minister, he just refuses to usurp the throne

After Xie Anshuang returned to Chang'an Hall, he counted the number of Anshen incense and lit it, and got up when Fu Yuan came back.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Xing has returned to his room and drank ginger tea. It seems that his physical condition is not serious."

Xie Anshuang finally breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and then ordered: "The Minister of the Ministry of Rites enters the palace."

"Yes." Fu Yuan stepped back and followed his instructions to summon the Minister of Rites.

Xie Anshuang finally had a short sleep without being disturbed, and his mood was much better than before. After putting away the extra tranquilizing incense, he sat down at the table and drank tea leisurely.

Not long after, the person he was waiting for rushed to Chang'an Hall.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

The visitor saluted politely, with a flattering smile on his face when he looked up.

"Free from courtesy." Xie Anshuang nodded, and then instructed the rest of the palace, "You all go down first."

"Yes."

Fuyuan and the maids bowed and left one by one.

When the last palace man closed the door, the Minister of Rites who was called by Xie Anshuang restrained his flattering appearance just now.

He breathed out lightly, with worry in his eyes, and asked: "The smell of tranquilizing incense in the room seems to have deepened, has the dose been increased?"

Xie Anshuang didn't answer, took out an empty teacup and filled it with tea, and said, "It's been hard work for Zi and brother to come here, let's sit down and have a cup of tea."

Ye Zihe crossed his arms and looked at him: "If you just invite me to drink tea, I'll leave first, okay?"

"...Okay, I'll just not change the subject." Xie Anshuang replied vaguely, "The main reason is that there are a lot of trifles these days, and I will reduce the dose when it becomes calmer after a while."

Ye Zihe Buxin: "Is Anshenxiang unable to suppress your tendency to have nightmares while resting?"

Xie An's eyes flickered slightly, but he still insisted on his own words: "It's really just that there are too many things recently, you don't have to worry about it, son and brother."

However, the truth is exactly as Ye Zihe said.

Before ascending the throne, Xie Anshuang was the most insignificant prince in the palace. His mother and concubine passed away shortly after his birth, and was raised by the then Empress Yuangui, who is now the Empress Dowager Yuangui, as a secret guard.

During the day he is the taciturn little prince, at night he is the queen mother's invisible weapon.

He is used to the days of licking blood with the tip of a knife, and his hands have already been stained with blood from many people.

But he didn't know until later that Yuan Gui had been using his hands to kill all the princes one by one, and then pushed him to the throne as her puppet.

In the two years since he took the throne, Xie Anshuang has hardly slept soundly. He always dreamed that his imperial brother and his father questioned him and accused him in his dreams. .

However, as time went by, he gradually developed dependence and resistance to Anshenxiang, so he could only increase the dosage continuously.

Of course, Ye Zihe could see that he was pretending to be fine, after staring at him for a while, he sighed softly, sat in front of him and said, "Forget it, let's get straight to the point. What did you ask me for?"

Xie An lowered his eyes and said, "Zi and brother should have heard about the masked thief?"

Leaves and nods.

Xie Anshuang continued: "The masked thieves are often active in the southeast of the capital, and Sihuang's Wife and the others are also placed there, so I want to remind you and brother to remember to strengthen the patrol around there recently."

Ye Zihe replied seriously: "Don't worry, I will take care of it over there."

The fourth prince was the last prince to be killed that year, and Xie Anshuang only learned the truth about what happened to the other princes from Yuan Gui before the fourth prince was killed.

Before he could save the fourth prince in time, he secretly released the fourth prince's wife and young child.

It's just that the people stationed at the gates of the capital are almost all Yuangui's eyeliner, Xie Anshuang couldn't find a chance to send them out of the capital, so he simply placed them in the most dangerous and safest place for the time being.

And Ye Zihe is the elder brother of the Fourth Emperor's Wife, who learned from Xie Anshuang that Yuan Gui wanted to manipulate him to listen to politics behind the curtain.

In order to repay Xie Anshuang's kindness for saving his relatives, Ye Zihe volunteered to act with him in the drama of a faint king and a courtier.

Xie Anshuang paralyzed the Empress Dowager Yuangui with his ignorant attitude, while Ye Zihe became the most favored treacherous minister, and at the same time kept an eye on the movements of the court officials for him.

Most of the contents of the atlas of the courtiers' forces kept in Ru Nian Qiwu Palace were from Ye Zihe.

Xie Anshuang believed in Ye Zihe's ability, and said, "By the way, Brother Zihe, can you help me keep an eye on the movements of the Queen Mother's party officials?"

"Of course no problem." Ye Zihe asked after answering, "Are you suspecting that the masked thief has something to do with the Queen Mother?"

Xie Anshuang nodded: "At present, it seems that the masked thieves are targeting former princelings, but based on what I know today... Xing Wenshu and the prince have a long-term friendship. I suspect that Yuangui wants to test Xing Wenshu."

Ye Zihe frowned, and pondered: "Do you think the queen mother is afraid that Mr. Xing will hinder her ambition, so she wants to target Mr. Xing?"

Xie Anshuang continued to nod: "I originally thought that the thief might want to target me, but after I found out that Xing Wenshu was also a princeling, I felt wrong. Yuan Gui is suspicious by nature, so in addition to paying attention to the situation of the Queen Mother's officials, I also want to trouble my son." Brother and help me spread a rumor."

Ye Zihe: "Let's just say, I'm pretty good at spreading rumors, so it's not troublesome."

After thinking about it, Xie Anshuang said: "Today I punished Xing Wenshu to kneel in the snow for half an hour in front of several officials. I said that Prime Minister Xing advised me to pay attention to government affairs, but instead offended me, and I was punished to kneel."

Ye Zihe felt that something was wrong: "But if this is the case, the Queen Mother will be more afraid of Mr. Xing, right? Be afraid that he will really persuade you."

"No." Xie Anshuang shook his head, "As long as I'm stubborn enough, Yuan Gui will believe that he can't persuade me, and think he's just a rigid idiot like his father. Besides..."

Xie An paused for a moment, lowering his eyelashes slightly: "He is the most suitable candidate for the throne. First of all, the courtiers must not think that he is tainted. It is fine for me to bear all the notoriety, he should not bear it."

Ye Zi and his eyes were complicated: "Are you really sure you want to push Mr. Xing to usurp the throne?"

Xie Anshuang responded with a nasal voice, and continued: "You know, son and brother, I have screened many candidates in the past two years, and only Xing Wenshu is the most suitable."

"He is resourceful, both civil and military, and has a strong family background. He has also made military achievements. Moreover, from the fact that he was an official at a young age and was able to rush back to Beijing to serve as the prime minister within the limit of seven days, it is enough to show that he definitely does not regard power as a lofty one. generation."

"If you give him a chance, someone as good as him will definitely seize the opportunity to reach the top."

When Xie Anshuang mentioned Xing Wenshu, he couldn't stop talking, and he was full of praise inside and outside the words.

Ye Zihe said helplessly: "Stop, I have heard you say a lot about boasting Mr. Xing before. I just want to ask, do you really not consider continuing to sit on the throne?"

Xie Anshuang pursed his lower lip, but did not answer for the time being.

Ye Zihe continued: "You have been on the throne for two years. Although you pretended to be a foolish king, I have seen your deeds. You are worthy of the people and loyal ministers. You have done so much, is it just Is it to defeat the queen mother and hand over the throne to others?"

"I am worthy of the common people... I am worthy of my loyal ministers..."

Xie Anshuang repeated his words, and suddenly laughed at himself: "But I'm sorry for my brother, I'm sorry for my father."

"I'm just a sinner, and a sinner should atone for his sins in a dark corner and be rejected by all people, instead of being a supreme rights holder."

"As for this country, this throne, as long as it is someone who can bring happiness to the people, who can make the country stable, why not let him?"

"Brother Zihe, you should know that this should never be my position."

Xie Anshuang looked at Ye Zihe, his dark eyes were as calm as pools of stagnant water.

Ye Zi is opposite to Wu Yan.

——Or, he already knew that it was impossible for him to persuade Xie Anshuang.

He sighed softly, and finally chose to give up: "Forget it, if this is what you want, I will continue to help you."

"Thank you son and brother." Xie Anshuang eased his expression, "I also felt wronged that son and brother accompanied me to be scolded."

Ye Zihe smiled helplessly: "At least I can feel better when I'm scolded with you, compared to seeing you bear the scolding yourself."

After finishing speaking, Ye Zihe stood up: "Okay, I've stayed long enough today. I will take care of the rumors as soon as possible. You should also pay attention to rest recently. Get a good sleep tonight and don't go out. I will keep an eye on the masked thief for you."

Xie Anshuang nodded obediently, watched Ye Zihe leave, then turned and returned to the inner room, and began to prepare the night clothes for going out tonight.

The masked thief has not been caught yet, and the people in the capital are still in panic. It is impossible for him to sleep well and not go out to investigate at this juncture.

In the middle of the night, Xie Anshuang put on his night clothes and his usual mask, and shuttled back and forth in front of various rooftops in the capital with ease.

Before setting off this time, he made a note of the princelings he had screened out, and the target was clearer than last night.

He shuttled back and forth near the mansions of those people, and it was obvious that the surrounding defenses had become more stringent.

It seems that those people are not stupid.

Xie Anshuang turned around a few times, and finally found a place where the masked thief was most likely to pass no matter which house he went to, and patiently squatted in the corner.

An hour later, it was time for the ugly.

Xie Anshuang, who was squatting on a certain big tree, keenly noticed a figure passing by not far away.He narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully identifying the direction the figure was heading to.

——It is the residence of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Xie Anshuang immediately set off to follow the figure as covertly as possible.

However, it may be that everything is silent at night, even though he tried to reduce the movement as much as possible, he was still accidentally noticed by the masked thief.

Xie Anshuang obviously noticed that the man turned to the suburbs, and at the same time accelerated his speed.

His eyes darkened, he stopped hiding altogether, and followed the masked man at a faster speed.

On the way, he reached out to touch the throwing knives hidden in his sleeve, and was about to sneak attack, when he suddenly saw the masked man in front suddenly turn around when he jumped off the roof, and threw three throwing knives in his direction first!

Xie Anshuang didn't expect him to be so bold, and it was too late to dodge them all, so he gritted his teeth and leaned slightly to the left, ready to catch one of the throwing knives abruptly.

However, at this moment, an extremely thin object passed through the wind with a silvery white light, and knocked down the three throwing knives in front of Xie Anshuang with a "bang!"

Xie Anshuang's eyes opened slightly, his body could not restrain himself from falling to the left, and he was firmly caught by a warm embrace brought by the wind.

"Be careful, Your Majesty... are you alright?"

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